Beauty
and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Art of Islamic Culture (In its last two
months)

Feb. 24 – Sep. 29,
2012

Unique in its
approach, this exhibition offers access to Islamic culture, providing “a view
from within” by project director, Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir. As an introduction to
the arts of Islamic culture, this exhibition inspires both the general public
and the specialist. Beauty and Belief poses the question “What makes Islamic
Art Islamic?” To address this, Tunisian-born Dr. Al Khemir creates a show that
features historical and geographic background with succeeding sections of
calligraphy, figurative imagery and pattern. The exploration of themes in the
exhibition creates a space to encounter the culture of Islam through its visual
language. The approach means to raise questions of cultural significance for
each object in order to build bridges and bring cultures together.

People In A Hard Land

March 30, 2012 – Jan.
19, 2013

This new exhibition
focuses on memorable images of people in the American Southwest. It explores
subjects in Southwestern art that have appeared with sufficient frequency and
poignancy to become truly iconic:

• People from
different cultures living in harmony with nature and each other

Even today, after
more than a century of Western painting, these familiar themes remain among the
most popular in all of American art. These pieces highlight the American ideal
of optimism, hard work, and determination. This idealization of Western life
remains as one of the continuing wellsprings of the American Dream.

Object
of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert
Museum

June 2 – Nov. 10,
2012

Religious imagery has
been part of people’s lives for centuries, and now the BYU Museum of Art offers
visitors an opportunity to see a unique form of religious art that dates back
to the early 1300s. Object of Devotion, the BYU Museum of Art’s next religious
art exhibition, comes from London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, owner of the
largest medieval alabaster sculpture collection in the world. The exhibition
features six sections each addressing different aspects of early Catholic
beliefs that were represented through sculptures. Many pieces depict holy
figures and narrative scenes, produced for churches, royal chapels, domestic
altars and even people of modest means throughout England.

michael whiting:8-bit
modern

June
15, 2012 – March 23, 2013

Sculpture
Garden

“In
my visual experience, Pac-Man came before Donald Judd, Carl Andre or even
Mondrian.” So writes artist Michael Whiting about the MOA’s most recent exhibit
of Modern art, michael whiting: 8-bit modern. In his brightly painted,
massive, pixilated sculptures, Michael Whiting considers the visual
relationship between early video games and 1960s minimalism. His art also
creates a dialogue about the relationship between the “real” and the “virtual.”
By creating massive sculptures of thick, heavy steel plate, Whiting makes the
intangible tangible.

In the
Shadows of Timpanogos: Photographs by John Telford

July
20 – Dec. 1, 2012

J.
Herbert Milburn Gallery

For Utah
photographer John Telford, Mt. Timpanogos and its surrounding canyons have been
a source unending inspiration and quiet contemplation. Telford contrasts the stability of geologic
formations with variation in atmosphere, color, and vegetation over time and
season. The photographs come together as a visual poem that ponders the
cyclical rhythm of nature and diversity of form that provide an unending source
of interest and renewal.

Van Gogh to Play Dough

August
7, 14, 21, and 28 (Every Tuesday) Toddlers and adults will sing, play, look,
and create together while exploring exhibition themes such as family, shapes,
and animals. Van Gogh to Play Dough: Art for Toddlers
is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
One adult chaperone is required for every three children. 10 am to 11 am.

Adventures
in Art: MOA Family Workshops

August
4, 11, 18, and 25(Every Saturday) Art Makes Sense! is an Adventures in Art: MOA Family Workshops
series that uses sight, sound, smell, touch, taste, and movement to help
children and their caregivers learn more about art. On any one Saturday of their choice, families can take a
guided tour of a current exhibition and create a fun, hands-on art activity
free-of-charge. Programming is appropriate for children ages 4-10 years. 10 am
to 12:30 pm.

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